- Jan Kiepura
Jan Wiktor Kiepura (b.
May 16 1902 ,Sosnowiec ,Poland – d.August 15 1966 ,Harrison, New York ) was a Polishsinger (tenor ) andactor . He was born of a Jewish mother and a Polish father.In 1926 he left Poland. Before World War II, he built a well-known
hotel , "Patria", inKrynica-Zdrój , which cost him about US$3 million. Some Polish movies were made there. He played in twelve musicals, including "O czym się nie myśli" (1926) [ [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/22263 pl icon Polish film Internet database] , retrieved onDecember 18 2007 .] , "Die Singende Stadt" ("Neapol, śpiewające miasto") (1930) [ [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/22641 pl icon Polish film Internet database] , and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0021378/] , both retrieved onDecember 18 2007 .] , and "Tout Pour L'amour" ("Zdobyć cię muszę") (1933) [ [http://www.filmpolski.pl/fp/index.php/22647{pl icon Polish film Internet database] and [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158283/] , both retrieved onDecember 18 2007 .] .Marriage
In 1936, Kiepura married the lyric soprano
Marta Eggerth (b. 1912). The two often sang together in operettas, in concerts, on records, and in films until his death.Kiepura, who was an ardent Polish patriot, and Eggerth (who is also partially Jewish) were forced to flee Europe due to the rise of Nazism and the onset of
World War II . They emigrated to theUnited States .Death
He died at the age of 64 in
Harrison, New York of undisclosed causes and was buried inPowązki Cemetery ,Warsaw .References
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* [http://film.virtual-history.com/person.php?personid=664 Photographs and literature]
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